CVE-2011-3894

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-11-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Google Chrome before 15.0.874.120 does not properly perform VP8 decoding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted stream.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 15.0.874.120 — fixed in 15.0.874.120

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 15.0.874.120. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=101172
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46933
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14166
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=101172
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/11/stable-channel-update.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46933
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14166

Get alerted when CVE-2011-3894 or the next vulnerability affects your stack